Tagata o te Moana. 2009-11-14

Tagata o te moana is a weekly half-hour round-up of news about the Pacific from Radio New Zealand International, broadcast on Radio New Zealand National on Saturdays at 5.30pm. This week's edition is presented by Don Wiseman, and the items are:
Tonga gets a blueprint for democratic reform;
Efforts to win the release of former French Polynesian president, Gaston Flosse, who was jailed this week as part of a corruption probe;
An international effort to clear World War Two mines from around New Caledonia;
An inquiry into anti-Asian riots in Papua New Guinea has heard that widespread corruption, a boom in prostitution, and drug rings involving foreigners may be the cause of the violence;
The Samoa tsunami recovery needs more New Zealand tradespeople;
A New Zealand institution is calling for a fresh approach to Fiji, following the latest diplomatic expulsions.
A Samoa Cabinet Minister, who served in the U.S military and is a decorated war veteran, is suing the American government for wrongful arrest.
Tagata o te Moana is a weekly half-hour round-up of news about the Pacific from Radio New Zealand International, broadcast on Radio New Zealand National on Saturdays at 5.30pm. This week's edition is presented by Don Wiseman, and the items are:
Source: Radio New Zealand iNEWS